Table 2

Linkage disequilibrium between SNPs associated with glycosylation and SNPs in the same loci previously associated with RA

ChrSNPs associated with glycosylation (9)LocusSNP associated with RA (reference)r2D′
5Rs17348299IL6ST-ANKRD55rs716241190.0030.214
rs77316260.0020.149
Rs68592190.0010.167
9Rs12342831B4GALT1rs11574914 (RA locus named CCL19-CCL21)00.011
22Rs909674SYNGR1-TAB1-MGAT3-CACNA1rs909685 (RA locus named SYNGR1)0.1080.848
6Rs404256BACH2rs7292803800.023
  • Linkage disequilibrium was calculated in an independent dataset of 4861 European samples where data was available for >55 000 SNPs.

  • Chr, chromosome; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.